An intriguing movie that practically oozes gothic horror from its pores, The Sonata was one of my favorite films from this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, and I'm excited that Daily Dead readers won't have to wait long to see it for themselves, as Screen Media has announced a January release date and unveiled an official trailer and poster for the film.

Directed by Andrew Desmond, The Sonata stars Freya Tingley, Rutger Hauer, Simon Abkarian, and James Faulkner. Screen Media will release The Sonata in theaters and on VOD beginning January 10th, and you can check out the official trailer, synopsis, and poster below:

Synopsis: "After being informed of the sudden death of her long lost composer father (Rutger Hauer), a young virtuoso violinist Rose (Freya Tingley) inherits an old mansion in which he used to live. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles (Simon Abkarian), her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little, starts to unlock secrets concerning her father’s past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a somber plan imagined since the very day she was born. They soon discover that there’s more to the sonata in question than meets the eye which, when played, triggers and unleashes dark and terrifying forces."

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